The Election Commission of India has redrawn boundaries of parliamentary and state legislature constituencies in Assam, India, to allow Muslim representation in the state of Assam to be reduced to about 20 seats. This comes ahead of the state's elections on April 9, with Muslims forming the majority in about 35 out of 126 constituencies. The change comes after a 2023 order from the Election Commission to redraw the boundaries of these constituencies was made following a process of redrawing constituency boundaries. The population of Katigorah, an electoral constituency on the border with Bangladesh, was previously split between Hindus and Muslims, with about 40,000 Hindu voters from neighbouring legislative constituencies merging with Katigorh, making it a predominantly Hindu majority constituency. Critics fear this could politically marginalise Assam's 11 million Muslims further as the ruling BJP has targeted them through eviction drives, expulsion policies and vitriolic rhetoric. The Election Commission’s manual delimitation guidelines suggest that boundaries should be reduced off-area boundaries in other states.